SNC Lavalin : Beyond Engineering – Issue 01 – The Digital Issue

Issue 01 January 2023

Beyond Engineering

The Digital Issue

Eight reasons why data sharing brings benefit in infrastructure design

Using digitalisation to achieve net zero

Project showcase: Canada Line

The foundation

of everything we do.

People. Data. Technology.

snclavalin.com/digital

Beyond Engineering is SNC-Lavalin's print and digital magazine. Using a collection of some of the latest articles from across all our brands, the magazine's goal is to share with you our expert opinion and encourage discussion on today's big issues and the future of our industry and the world around us.

Inside this issue

06 Why we need to overhaul our

approach to knowledge management

Lesley Waud discusses why we need to overhaul our approach to knowledge management to set the right course for a new era of smart construction.

08 Innovation showcase:

Digital transformation

Ceri-Ann Droog reveals why Atkins' approach to digital transformation is as much about taking the whole industry forward as improving delivery of its own work.

10 How data driven decision

making is transforming the construction sector

Alejandro Lopez and Anthony Reid explain how data science is transforming

the construction sector.

12 Project

showcase:

Canada Line

How digital twinning is making Canada's trains run on time.

14 How intelligent operations

and maintenance is unlocking new value for asset owners

Gareth Vest and Neil Walker explore the importance of a data-driven approach to Operations & Maintenance (O&M).

16 Project

showcase:

Inland Rail

How better Information Management is helping Inland Rail to stay on track.

18 8 reasons why data sharing

brings benefit in infrastructure design

SY Liu shares the reasons why effective use of data can mean delivery of new projects on time and within budget.

22 Using digitalisation

to achieve net zero infrastructure

Sébastien Mousseau explains how digital twins, data-led decision-making and 3D virtual environments are changing the face of construction in the power and renewables industry

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SNC-LAVALIN BEYOND ENGINEERING

Welcome to Beyond Engineering

Our industry is ripe for transformation and proven, and emerging technologies are creating huge opportunities for

us all to improve our performance.

For us, the true value lies in data and the ability to harness it across the end-to-end project lifecycle to deliver better outcomes for clients and throughout the supply chain.

Through data, we can connect people and technology to be the source of real-time insight, continually elevating decision-making, providing more on-site certainty, increasing industry productivity and improving commercial outcomes for all involved - while accelerating the transition to net zero infrastructure.

However, to be successful, we must keep evolving our processes and ways of working with data, putting proper data management at the heart of our strategies to unlock and create the maximum possible sustainable value.

It's easy to talk about the value of data but what does that really mean in reality? To answer that, we must look across the lifecycle of an asset, from planning right through to the decommissioning strategy, and how data can enrich outcomes at every step.

We've been investing in embedding data and technology into everything we do and it sits at the very heart of the company's strategy: it's woven into everything we do, and is fundamental to our way of working.

This publication gives you a snapshot of the progress we've made to date and the difference we've already made - and continue to make - on projects all over the world.

As an organisation, we are determined to lead the industry's transformation, taking clients and partners with us on a journey of discovery and shared success as we look to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

Ceri-Ann Droog

GLOBAL DIGITAL DIRECTOR, SNC -LAVALIN

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Contributors

Lesley Wauld

GLOBAL HEAD

OF DESIGN

TRANSFORMATION,

SNC -LAVALIN

Anthony

Reid

ASSOCIATE

DIRECTOR,

FAITHFUL+GOULD

Alejandro

Lopez

DIGITAL SOLUTIONS

DIRECTOR, ATKINS

Ronald Powell

GENERAL

MANAGER,

RAIL & TRANSIT,

SNC -LAVALIN

Gareth Vest

INFORMATION

MANAGEMENT

DIRECTOR,

ATKINS

Neil Walker

DIRECTOR, ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, ATKINS

Robbie Pretorius

TRANSPORT HEAD OF SERVICE, SNC - LAVALIN

SY Liu

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION LEAD FOR ASIA- PACIFIC, ATKINS

Sébastien

Mousseau

SENIOR VICE- PRESIDENT AND MANAGING DIRECTOR, POWER, RENEWABLES AND LIFE SCIENCES, SNC-LAVALIN

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